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   templo SUD said, 2 months ago

   Now, Nelson & Opal, I think it’s best to leave Earl alone.
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   Linguist said, 2 months ago

   Don’t make an a$$ out of him and his literary endeavor !
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   Citizen GROG! said, 2 months ago

   Well it’s only a memoir, so it can’t be that long.
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   Bdaysuit said, 2 months ago

   Where’s Earl’s computer?
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   Love-dog98 said, 2 months ago

   Posterior/posterity , what’s the difference!
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   Superfrog said, 2 months ago

   It’s all behind you now, Earl.
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   WillardMBaker said, 2 months ago

   A typewriter? How quaint. But where do you get ribbons for one of those things these days?
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   BarbJay said, 2 months ago

   Where do you get ribbons for a typewriter? At the same store you buy carbon paper!
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   Macushlalondra said, 2 months ago

   Oh leave him alone. He’s not bothering anyone. You can get some things done while he’s out of the way.
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    whmIII said, 2 months ago

    Opal, go look in the mirror…
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    Thirdguy said, 2 months ago

    @WillardMBaker

    Why would you need a new ribbon? You just rewind the old one!
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    EarlP2 said, 2 months ago

    @Thirdguy

    The better machines reversed ribbon direction when they got to either end. And most had a ribbon shift for red, so if you use a 1-color ribbon, you can shift to the other half. I’ve even added a few drops of a solvent to bleed the edges into the middle. But there comes a time —
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    Arianne said, 2 months ago

    My grandmother passed away last year at almost 98 years old. I treasure the memoir she left us, and only wish it had been written in even greater detail.
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    Stipple said, 2 months ago

    Ah, the teletype. No correction, stream of thought only.
    In the seventies it was the link between Fort Yukon and Fairbanks.
    Although flight manifests were sent for every flight 90% of the usage was pure gossip and happenings.
    No satellites then, microwave relay dishes every hundred miles.
    .
    I do not miss those days, life is easier now.
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    Linguist said, 2 months ago

    My first typewriter was an Olivetti portable, that I used throughout my high school and early college years. My mother used an old Royal Office until she learned how to use a computer in her early ’80’s.
    I have to admit a bit of nostalgia for the old typewriter but really prefer my laptop or PC to write with ( gotta love Spell Check, Thesaurus, etc. )
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